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Last seen: Oct 17, 2026
In our road of approx. 100 houses, I know of only one other dwelling with 5 solar panels installed last summer by Octopus. 2 roads away I know of one ...
@transparent I would imagine that DW’s inverters are not of the grid-forming type or the DNO would have welcomed that additional inertia I would have ...
@chandykris Indeed, the elevated temperature does attenuate output from the panels quite significantly - in fact, you might say: Hot weather, they don...
@mk4 Here we are with June 2026 Solar production then; worst year yet - not by much but then, one must always look on the bright side I suppose! &nb...
@etchedpixels Ours is a little more involved as one room upstairs is outside the original ‘envelope’ as it is a flat roof extension. The ground floor ...
@watcher Encouraging except that a bungalow is probably an easier and less disruptive installation than a ground and first floor job. Regards, Toodles...
@majordennisbloodnok has welcomed you, may I second that? We went straight from mains gas to heat pump some three years or so back. Had solar panels a...
@papahuhu We might well have found that a much smaller tank would have served our needs; previous to having a heat pump installed we had a gas boiler ...
@papahuhu 😳 As I mentioned, it is a small thimble!😉 We have a Mira shower, our water pressure is nothing to write home (or even to a f...
@papahuhu Please remember I did state a range for summer and winter and included the ‘~’ before the figures. It just so happens (probably due to hot w...
@papahuhu The consumption figures agree with those from the Tesla app and I can even see the sudden rise in consumption when Eddi kicks in and how lon...
@papahuhu @old_scientist Again today, you may see that I have kept that small thimble measure of hot water for my wife to shower with😉. Regar...
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RE: How quickly would you want/expect heat recovery to take from setback?
I have no idea how the control loop works with the Cosy...
By AndrewJ , 4 hours ago
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RE: How should the Boiler Upgrade Scheme be reformed?
Not quite, regular A2W heat-pumps need a load of extra ...
By Temperature_Gradient , 19 hours ago
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RE: Heat Geek installations: share your experiences
one thing i learnt from reading people’s comments and e...
By Batpred , 21 hours ago
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RE: Cooling/heating with one unit
"The way we use A2A on a cheap overnight EV tariff is t...
By mrkfm , 23 hours ago
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RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
We have ‘signed on the dotted line’ today for a Panason...
By Toodles , 23 hours ago
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RE: Heat pump branding. Clever, contemporary… or a bit too much?
...or it was there and was lost thanks to laziness and ...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 24 hours ago
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@bobflux Thank you for your response. I am trying to ...
By RonV. , 24 hours ago
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This post is about how I successfully configured a buff...
By Tony.Stolz , 1 day ago
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The installer visited yesterday and suggested the noise...
By JamesChatz , 1 day ago
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
Your house sounds a lot like mine. 2 surveyors each sp...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Heat Geek Zero Disrupt: Are We Sleepwalking Into Another Race to the Bottom?
Thats true only if you do the wrong experiment. Done c...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: battery storage without solar
As of October 1st they need specific qualifications to ...
By EtchedPixels , 2 days ago
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
With regards to the BUS grant raid, I gave it more thou...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 2 days ago
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
The whole system seems to work on the basis of...
By ian33a , 2 days ago
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